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Independent, but not unbiased, striving for a multipolar world. Mainly focused on Iran & Resistance Axis.

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Pakistan extended its appreciation to Iran's Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, for his unwavering support for the Palestinian cause & the Kashmiri cause

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— 🇮🇱/🇪🇬 NEW: Egypt has given Israel the greenlight to enter Rafah, after completing the evacuation of civilians in the next weeks

The Rafah operation will be carried out in coordination with Egypt, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

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Forwarded from Retarded Ramblings (IH/SVR asset) (Mátyás ⚡️🇭🇺⚡️)
⚡️A recent data leak from the presentation from the Alabuga SEZ about the production of motor boats and kamikaze drones "Geran-2".

From the published slides it follows that the enterprise is actively working to modernize Geranium. Thus, the existing 50-kg high-explosive warhead was almost doubled - to 90 kg, in addition to which high-explosive fragmentation incendiary and thermobaric warheads were also developed (which the enemy had previously complained about).

In addition, SIM cards from the Ukrainian operator Kyivstar began to be installed in Geran to determine the location of the drone, whether it hit or was shot down, zones of suppression and GPS substitution, etc. real time by receiving information via the mobile network in Telegram (which has previously been confirmed ).

Separately noted is the development of equipping the "Geraniums" with communications and control equipment for use at the tactical level in order to destroy personnel and equipment near the front line, which is what the "Cubes" and "Lancets" are doing.
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— 🇮🇷 Now confirmed beyond any doubt: there is NO DAMAGE to the radar at Esfahan's S-300 site

New satellite imagery from today, 22 April, shows for the first time a clear picture of the S-300 radar that was allegedly struck by Israeli quadcopters.

Experts had already pointed out that a missile impact was ruled out due to the lack of a significant crater, but now it can be confirmed that even the attack with quadcopters was fully repelled.

No damage to the radar can be observed, and the Israeli attack failed miserably and embarassingly.

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Israel's retaliatory strike against Iran: What are the facts?

- In the early morning of April 19th, a single fighter jet, likely an F35, took off from an airbase inside Israel.

- The jet made its way into Iraqi airspace, carrying three air-launchable ballistic missiles (ALBM), likely of the 'ROCKS' or 'Silver Sparrow' type.

- Simultaneously, Israel mobilized one of its proxy groups inside Iran to launch at least three explosive-laden quadcopters at an S-300 radar near the 8th Shekari Airbase in Isfahan, attempting to disable it, in preparation for the upcoming missile strike.

- As the quadcopters approached their intended target, Iranian air defense autocannons engaged them, and successfully downed all three drones.

As for what happened next, there are two main theories:

1. When Israel found out about the failure of the quadcopters to disable the radar, they decided to abort the mission and fire or despose of their missiles above Iraq. Three detached missile boosters were found in Iraqi territory to corroborate this theory.

2. Israel decided to go ahead with the operation, and launched all three 'ROCKS' / 'Silver Sparrow' missiles at an unknown target in Isfahan, likely the 8th Shekari Airbase. As the missiles approached the Iranian border, they were detected and shot down by Iran's 15th of Khordad air defense system, based in the city of Dezful. This theory is corroborated by the testimony of at least one trusted source inside Iran.

Why Iran did not respond

Due to the failing nature of the operation, as well as the lack of Israel taking official responsibility, Iran concluded that it had effectively achieved its goal of restoring deterrence, and there was no need for an escalation based on such a limited strike which was meant only to save face, in stark contrast to the massive Iranian missile strike carried out against Israel five days earlier. Iran won an important victory and set a new equation for years to come.

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— 🇮🇱/ 🇱🇧 NEW: Hezbollah has seemingly expanded its range of operations from 10km to 30km inside Israeli territory, after it targeted the cities of Acre / Nahariyya and Safed within the past 48 hours

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— 🇱🇧 Hezbollah: 'We targeted the Golani Brigade Headquarters and the Headquarters of Egoz Unit 621 in the Sharaga barracks north of the occupied city of Akko (Acre), and hit our targets accurately'‏

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— 🇮🇱/ 🇱🇧 WATCH: The moment of Hezbollah suicide drones striking their targets in Acre / Nahriyya

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Today, the war against Israel enters its 200th day.
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